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I install Ubuntu on my notebook bought in USA but I'm from Brazil, the problem is, because of the keyboard model, I have to run this command every time I turn on my system:

"setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2"

How can I turn this process automatic, or maybe install a keyboard model. Sorry for bad enlgish.

Adriel Santana
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One way to do this would be to set it up as a systemd service:

  1. Create a .service file, which, once enabled, will be run by systemd upon booting. In a text editor, create a file called mykeyboard.service and include the following (change the path/to/ part with the actual path to your script):

    [Unit]
Description=MyKeyboard service

[Service]
ExecStart=setxkbmap -model abnt2 -layout br -variant abnt2

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

  2. Place your new .service file in the directory /etc/systemd/system/

  3. To run and have it run on boot, you would use sudo systemctl enable --now mykeyboard

That should do it!

SlidingHorn
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Instead of running a command at each startup, you'd better save those settings persistently. Open /etc/default/keyboard for editing and give it this contents:

XKBLAYOUT="br"
BACKSPACE="guess"
XKBVARIANT="abnt2"
XKBMODEL="abnt2"
Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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